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合作社与气候变化适应：尼日利亚手工渔业社区减少冲突的路径
Cooperatives and Climate Change Adaptation: A Pathway to Conflict Reduction in Artisanal Fisheries Communities in Nigeria
摘要
Climate change is having a devastating impact on artisanal fisheries communities in developing countries, including Nigeria. In Nigeria, multiple local conflicts have arisen as a result of climate‐related changes in coastal regions. This study investigates the impact of cooperatives and climate change adaptation on conflicts among artisanal fisherfolk in Nigeria. To capture climate change adaptation complexity, we employed the number of climate change adaptation strategies adopted as a count variable. We applied Endogenous Treatment Poisson Regression and Unconditional Quantile Regression models to analyze cross‐sectional data collected from artisanal fisherfolk in the coastal area of Nigeria. Findings from this research revealed that non‐fishing strategies are equally important as part of the climate change adaptation strategies with 43%, 22%, and 14% of the respondents adopting livelihood diversification, a community conflict resolution committee, and formation of local security outfits (vigilante), respectively. The results further showed that cooperatives play a significant role in increasing the number of climate change adaptation strategies adopted. Also, the study empirically established that cooperatives lessen the incidence, especially of the most severe conflicts among artisanal fisherfolk. Therefore, policy efforts should be geared towards strengthening and developing cooperative societies among artisanal fisherfolk in order to strengthen climate adaptation and reduce conflicts.
中文摘要
气候变化正对发展中国家（包括尼日利亚）的手工渔业社区造成毁灭性影响。在尼日利亚，气候变化引发的沿海地区变化已导致多起地方性冲突。本研究探讨了合作社与气候变化适应对手工渔民冲突的影响。为捕捉气候变化适应的复杂性，我们将所采用的气候变化适应策略数量作为计数变量。我们运用内生处理泊松回归和无条件分位数回归模型，分析了从尼日利亚沿海地区手工渔民收集的横截面数据。研究结果显示，非渔业策略在气候变化适应策略中同样重要，分别有43%、22%和14%的受访者采用了生计多样化、社区冲突解决委员会和组建地方安全组织（治安联防队）。结果进一步表明，合作社在增加所采用的气候变化适应策略数量方面发挥着重要作用。此外，研究实证确立了合作社能减少手工渔民之间冲突的发生率，尤其是最严重冲突的发生率。因此，政策努力应侧重于加强和发展手工渔民中的合作社组织，以增强气候适应能力并减少冲突。